Sporobolus virginicus
Beach Dropseed, Jatopa
Other regional names: Marine Couch +3 more
- Marine Couch
- Sand Couch
- Seashore Dropseed
- Water Couch
Also known as: Agrostis congener Schumach. +12 more
- Agrostis congener Schumach.
- Agrostis dura Willd. ex Steud.
- Agrostis littoralis Lam.
- Agrostis littoralis Sm.
- Agrostis tremula Willd.
- Agrostis virginica L.
- Aira congener Schumach.
- Aira sabuletorum Steud.
- Aira sabulonum Labill.
- Aira sabulonum subsp. uniflora Balansa
- Aira sabulonum var. uniflora Balansa
- Aira subulorum D.Dietr.
- Crypsis maritima Munro ex MacOwan
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Originating in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, the Pacific, and South America, Sporobolus virginicus (commonly known as Beach Dropseed or Jatopa) is a grass belonging to the Poaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Macaronesia, Malesia, Mexico, North-Central Pacific, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern Africa, Northern South America, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central Pacific, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southern South America, Southwestern Pacific, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Chile North, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Surinam, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe